Angel Reese turns pro.
LSU All-American forward declares for the 2024 WNBA Draft Vogue.com interviewreleased on Wednesday.
Reese, 21, also confirmed the news. Post to X And he wrote: “Barbie-kun [to the] WNBA. It was never an icon problem to be that bad. Magazine, I cover icon problems… VOGUE, I have a real problem. ”
Reese, a member of LSU’s NCAA championship team last year, made her decision hours before the 48-hour opt-in deadline expired after Monday’s season-ending loss to the Iowa Hawkeyes in the Elite Eight of the women’s NCAA Tournament. Announced.
WNBA rules require players on teams that advance to the Elite Eight to make a decision within up to 48 hours of their last game.
Reese is expected to be a top pick in the draft, which will be held April 15 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the first time fans will be able to attend the WNBA Draft.
Reese teased his future playing plans in a social media post on Tuesday.
“A crowned head is heavy, and so is that crow,” she wrote in a post that also included a photo of her sitting in a coat. “You should never stay depressed for too long.”
She concluded, “What’s the next 10?” She references her LSU jersey number 10.
Reese had 17 points and 20 rebounds in 36 minutes before fouling out with less than two minutes left in the fourth quarter of Monday’s loss.
The Baltimore native led the Lady Tigers to their first championship in program history with a 102-85 victory over Caitlin Clark and the Hawkeyes.
Clark was drafted prior to the NCAA Tournament and is the consensus No. 1 pick owned by the Indiana Fever.
